Bark:Dark gray: becoming thick and deeply furrowed.
Flowers:4 to 5cm long and wide. Cup shaped with 6 rounded green petals. Solitary and upright at the end of leafy twig.
Habitat:Moist and well-drained soils, especially valleys and slopes. Often in pure stands.
Range:Extreme South Ontario east to Vermont and Rhode Island, south to North Florida, west to Louisiana, and north to south Michigan.
Reference:Audubon Society Field Guide TO North American Trees